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“My soul magnifies the Lord”
The Magnificat and the sublime normalcy of Mary juxtaposes our vision of her: her specialness: against her lowliness.
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Getting Picked
In picking Mary, God shows not just who the invitation to grace is for, but how we get a similar invitation.
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Before Christ is Risen
For Christians, the empty tomb is a strange image for Easter — we struggle with what God is actually giving us: the need to wrestle with Jesus’s absence before we can find him present. Mary confronts death before seeing new life Easter | John 20:1-18 There is more to say than “Christ is Risen!” Not…
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Magnifying God
There’s a way we turn Mary into a stock character for the plot rather than the key to understanding who Jesus is supposed to be for us. How Mary helps us better see what God is doing Advent 4B | Luke 1:26-38 This morning I remind you that it isn’t yet Christmas! The sun has…
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Rethink the Gospel for Advent 4B – Who is Mary?
Advent 4B | Luke 1:26-38 Who is Mary? This time of year, everybody’s talking about her. Countless pieces are written, diagnosing her history and declaring her purpose. Many are bent on defending her virginity and others exposing her age. And much like the priests and Levites last week, we’re all trying to figure out how…
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New Life
Here Jesus comes and that woman, Mary, who I imagined hitting Jesus’s chest in anger and mourning, whose brother has been brought back from the dead, this Mary, takes a pound of ointment, which is brought in a giant vessel and she is going to wash Jesus’s feet and prepare him for his burial. Mary…
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Little Girl Blessed
This is GOD! she sings. GOD doesn’t bless in earthly riches. GOD blesses in mercy. Not in wealth, but in food. Not in power, but in being raised out of the dirt. The dead to the world, alive, loved by GOD. Mary and the Revelation of GOD Advent 4C | Luke 1:39-55 BVM Mary isn’t…
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Those Women, That Morning: Friday of Holy Week
“As soon as it was morning” Read the Text: Mark 15:1-41 There is a startling character to the Passion story. The Jewish authorities are bloodthirsty. Pilate, speaking for Rome, is strangely indifferent. The soldiers humiliate Jesus. The disciples have deserted Jesus entirely. And the women, many women who followed Him, watch from a distance. I’m struck by…